Saturday, 1 December 2007

Carers receive certificates after completing free St John programme

CERTIFICATES have been presented to people who completed the latest carer support training programme at the Minehead divisional headquarters of St John Ambulance, which finished on Thursday, November 29.The carer support programme is run in association with Somerset County Council and is offered free across the county at various St John Ambulance venues.It provides an opportunity for carers to gain more skills and knowledge to help in a caring role and also to meet other people and share experiences and advice.St John carer development manager Jude Glide said: “It is so good to see the number of carers who are taking advantage of this free training growing from course to course and hearing of the many benefits they are getting from the sessions.“One of the issues that keeps coming up is that of ‘isolation’, and one of the key elements of the courses is bringing carers together to share similar problems and issues.“Many groups have been set up as a result of the programme and are meeting on a monthly basis.“These good people are not alone, and St John is proud to be helping them.”For information on dates and venues call Jude Glide on 01823 345920 or visit the website: http://www.somerset.sja.org.uk/.

Our photograph shows Jude Glide (second from left) with some of those who attended the course and received their certificates. Photo submitted.

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